Razor-strop



(No Model.)

G. G. BLASDELL,

RAZOR STROP.

Patented Dec. 8. 1896.

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" UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

GRANT C. BLASDELL, OF HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAZO R-STRO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,784, dated December8, 1896. Application filed 1111 6, 1896. Serial No. 594,530. (No model.)

.To all whom 111'; may concern:

Be it known that I, GRANT'C. BLASDELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRazor-Strops; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in razor-strops, and has for itsobject to provide a strop which is simple and inexpensive inconstruction, easy to operate, and adapted to be readily attached to awall, window-casing, bureau, or other convenient place, and also be keptfree from dust or injury when not in use, and when drawn out for use becapable of bringing either side of the strop upward, as may be required.

My invention consists in the features and combination of features, asmore fully hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention,Figure 1 is an end view; Fig. 2, a central vertical section on linear; wof Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an end view with 'one of the ends of the caseremoved; Fig. 4,

a detail plan view of the drum and the inner end of the strop and themeans by which the same is attached to the drum; Fig. 5, a detail viewof the inner end of the strop and connecting-pin.

A represents the case; B, the cylindrical body portion thereof, made ofsheet metal, the ends of which are brought nearly together and thenturned over to form beads a, leaving an opening 1) between them.

0 and D are two circular end pieces of wood having circular grooves 0near the outer edges of their inner faces, in which the edges of thebody portion are adapted to be held.

Eis a wooden shaft, one end of which is provided with a fixedbearing-sleeve d and the other end slotted, as at e, and provided with aremovable bearing-sleeve f. The opposite ends of this shaft E areadapted to fit into suitable recesses h in the end pieces.

g are screws in the ends of shaft E for the purpose of holding the edgesof the body portion B in the grooves c of the end pieces, and therebysecurely clamping and holding the case together.

F is a cylindrical sheet-metal drum mounted on the shaft E, and i theends thereof, each having an inwardly-extending circular flange It onits outer periphery and holesl in the center, the edges of which bearand revolve on the bearing-sleeves cl and f on shaft E.

G is an opening in the cylindrical drum F, one of the edges of which isbent to form a depending flange m.

H is a spiral spring surrounding the shaft E, the inner end of which issecured in slot 6 in one end of the shaft and held in said slot againstdisplacement by means of the removable sleeve f, which abuts against theend thereof, and the outer end of said spring is held behind the flangem of the drum F. The sleeve f is made removable for the purpose ofallowing the spiral spring to be readily taken off from the shaft whendesired.

1 isaflexible strop made of leather or other material adapted to bewound around drum F, and the opposite sides of which are made ofdilferent finish, one side coarse and the other fine, adapted for use instropping razors.

J is a pin secured to the inner end of the strop and adapted to beinserted into the opening G in the drum and the ends n inserted and heldunder the flanges k thereof and thereby attach the strop to the saiddrum and at the same time provide means whereby the strop may be easilyremoved when worn out and a new strop supplied.

To the upper part of the body portion of the case is attached aswivel-eye o, by which the device.

When the strop is drawn out for use, the swivel-eye admits of the easyturning of the case without detaching it from the hook, and therebypresenting both sides of the strop alternately, as may be required instropping the razor.

To provide for drawing out the strop against the tension of the spiralspring and to hold the strop after the spring has automatically drawn itinto the case, a handle 19 is provided. WVhen the strop is reeled withinthe case, the upper portion of the handle fits between the case may besuspended on a hook or other beads a of the case and closes the opening12 between them, and thereby prevents any dust or dirt from entering thecase and injuring the strop.

In use the device is suspended by the swivel and the strop is drawn outby the handle against the tension of the spiral spring and the razorstropped, as usual, after which the strop is released and automaticallyreeled again on the drum by the action of the spring therein. d

It is obvious that although I have described certain specific materialsfor making the several parts of the device from, they may be made of anyother suitable materials.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Arazor-stropping device comprising the case, the shaft extendingcentrally through the same from end to end, one of the ends of saidshaft provided with a fixed sleeve thereon, and the other end slottedand provided with a removable sleeve thereon, the Windingdrum, thespring thereon, one end of which is held in the slotted end of the shaftby the removable sleeve, and the other end connected to thewinding-dru1n, and the strop adapted to be wound on said drum,substantially as described.

2. A razor-stropping device provided with a case having a springwinding-drum therein with inwardly-extending flanges on the periphery ofits ends in combination with a razor-strop provided with a pin whichextends across the drum and the ends of which are adapted to be insertedunder said flanges and thereby removably attach the strop to the drum,substantially as described.

3. In a device for stropping razors the case provided with a centralshaft having a fixed bearing-sleeve on one end and its opposite endslotted and provided with a removable bearing-sleeve, a springwinding-drum on the said shaft having circular holes in the center ofits ends the edges of which revolve on the bearing-sleeves, and theouter peripheries of said ends provided with circular flanges, incombination with a razor-strop and a pin on the inner end thereofadapted to engage the said circular flanges and thereby removably attachthe strop to the drum, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GRANT O. BLASDELL. \Vitnesses:

J. F. BARBER, M. F. KOENIG.

